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Caroline Kimeu in Nairobi and Liz Ford

Sentence of Kenyan man convicted of role in Briton’s murder is quashed

Ali Kololo, centre, is escorted by police after he was sentenced in 2013 at a court in Lamu over his alleged involvement in the murder of David Tebbutt in 2011.
Ali Kololo, centre, is escorted by police after he was sentenced in 2013 at a court in Lamu over his alleged involvement in the murder of David Tebbutt in 2011. Photograph: Joseph Okanga/Reuters

A man found guilty of being part of a gang of pirates who murdered a British tourist 12 years ago has had his conviction quashed by Kenya’s high court.

Ali Kololo, from Lamu County, was convicted of robbery with violence in connection with the 2011 attack that left David Tebbutt dead and his wife, Judith, held captive in Somalia for six months.

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